Who Said
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hattie McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Oscar in 1940 for her role in this film
Gone with the Wind
This amendment abolished slavery in 1863.
What is the 13th Amendment
This man was the focus of the biopic "42" and was the first man of color to play for Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson
A brave leader during the Underground Railroad movement, this woman escaped from slavery and spent 11 years guiding other enslaved people to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."
Maya Angelou
This Tv host was the first woman to appear on Forbes's Billionaire list
Oprah Winfrey
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat and began this bus boycott in what Alabama city.
Where is Montgomery, Alabama
This man made history by being the first African American Male to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lilies of the Field
Who is Sidney Poitier
Born Cassius Clay, this 3 time heavyweight champ also earn the Presidential Medal of Freedom and supported organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Special Olympics
Who is Muhammad Ali
“I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
—Morgan Freeman
Also known as the Godmother of Hip-Hop, she produced the first commercially successful rap record and co-owns the label Sugar Hill Records.
Sylvia Robinson
W.E. B. DuBois was a Harvard graduate who cofounded this organization in 1909.
What is the NAACP
This man was an American civil rights activist with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This man was an agricultural scientist and inventor. Among his many accomplishments, he developed more than 300 industrial and commercial products from peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass
This entertainer has won more than 22 Grammy Awards and sold more than 100 million records.
Beyonce
In 1954, this Supreme Court Case ruled that segregation in US public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This author won the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize for her novel "Beloved"
Toni Morrison
Known as the Father of Black History as well as the second African American to obtain a doctorate degree from Harvard University and create Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson.
"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut
In 1987, This artist became the first black woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
In July of 1777, this colony was the first to ban slavery
What is Vermont
The first African-American woman elected to serve in Congress in 1968, she was also the first African American woman to seek the U.S. presidential nomination from a major party.
Who is Shirley Chisolm
This civil Rights leader enrolled at Morehouse College at the young age of 15.
Martin Luther King, Jr.